constantly encouraged to return, and the older members must be convinced that they are still important. You will find that calling is one of the greatest solutions to the absentee problem. In the public school, anyone who is absent is always contacted by telephone. More biblical scholars are lost because the absentees are not followed up than for any other reason. If you carry on a careful follow-up program, you will notice a definite increase in the average attendance of your Sunday School. Some